Khalid bin Sultan

Khalid bin Sultan (24 September 1949-) was Deputy Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia from 5 November 2011 to 20 April 2013, as well as the commander of Saudi forces during the Gulf War.

Biography
Khalid bin Sultan was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 24 September 1949, the son of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz. He graduated from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1968, and he also studied military tactics in the United States. Khalid started his military career by commanding an artillery force in Tabuk, and he purchased the nation's first guided missile from China. During the Gulf War, he was named commander of the joint Arab forces, serving as Norman Schwarzkopf's Arab counterpart. In 1991, he retired from the military to focus on business, but he was appointed to several advisory and political roles during the early 21st century. In 2009, he led the failed intervention against the Houthis in Yemen, and he was fired from his military post by Abdullah I of Saudi Arabia due to his inability to defeat the Houthis quickly.